[Albion] Graham Potter interview - the i

[Deano's Right Foot]

Who are these imaginary "whizz kids"? The majority of our best U23's are already out on loan.

Alzate, Connolly, Richards, Gyokeres, Dreyer & Sanders all have the ability to make a name for themselves and I particularly like the look of Alzate

 

[Albumen]

Alzate, Connolly, Richards, Gyokeres, Dreyer & Sanders all have the ability to make a name for themselves and I particularly like the look of Alzate

Dreyer is the new Anders Limpar (his face and physique reminds me of him for some reason). I'll be wrong.

 

[forumwayseagull]

Dreyer is the new Anders Limpar (his face and physique reminds me of him for some reason). I'll be wrong.

all these whizz kids who have never played at Championship level are suddenly going to tear it up in the PL.....seems a little hopeful

 

[Albumen]

all these whizz kids who have never played at Championship level are suddenly going to tear it up in the PL.....seems a little hopeful

Can't you let me dream?

His goal against arsenal U23s in January: (its safe)
https://streamable.com/cykxk

I've said it before I think GP wishes to get him going as our 4th winger.

 

[Nobby]

Think you're just trolling if 6 weeks in , with no games played , you're trying to get a convo going about sacking the poor bloke. !!

But if not The way things are really panning out in the transfer window is that the club are looking to fill several of the remaining gaps (RB, CM, CF) which means that the chances of a pathway to the first team (of Brighton at least) for our youngsters is and will continue to be limited. But thats probably more of an opportunity than under Hughton. (he didn't for various reasons - academy wasn't as developed, pressure for points, squad remained relatively fit - rather than imo - some allergic reaction to the idea).

I wasn’t trying to get that going at all.

I feel for the guy a bit.

I think he’s on a bit of a hiding to nothing.
The Hughton haters, are expecting great things so if we are mid table at Xmas they’ll be happy.
If we’re just above the relegation zone, it will be don’t rate this guy much, and God forbid if we are in the relegation zone. The Hughton haters will give him no chance, whilst the rest will ask why we changed.

All the stuff about playing youth and exciting football will have been forgotten in the general panic.

 

[TSB]

Alzate, Connolly, Richards, Gyokeres, Dreyer & Sanders all have the ability to make a name for themselves and I particularly like the look of Alzate

None of those is close to ready to play a first-team role this season.

Dreyer was on loan at St Mirren last year. Alzate spent the year at League Two Swindon.
Of the rest, only Gyokeres has played a competitive game (2).

"Whizz" indeed.

 

[BNthree]

In his interview with The Sun which can be read on the other thread he refrains from using that particular word.

Presumably the Sun sub-editors deemed it too long for their readers to understand.

 

[Deano's Right Foot]

None of those is close to ready to play a first-team role this season.

Dreyer was on loan at St Mirren last year. Alzate spent the year at League Two Swindon.
Of the rest, only Gyokeres has played a competitive game (2).

"Whizz" indeed.

Bookmarked for cheeky bounce later in the season

 

[Stat Brother]

Bookmarked for cheeky bounce later in the season

If you're bookmarking TSB's negativity....







...You're gonna need some bigger bookmarks.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Apart from Newcastle, when was the last time we beat Burnley, Bournemouth, or Southampton at home?

when was the last time we lost to Man Utd at home

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

Presumably the Sun sub-editors deemed it too long for their readers to understand.

The Sun interview was done in Austria, the i last Friday, so it's possible he chose to speak to each reporter in the language their readers would understand.

 

[GT49er]

None of those is close to ready to play a first-team role this season.

Dreyer was on loan at St Mirren last year. Alzate spent the year at League Two Swindon.
Of the rest, only Gyokeres has played a competitive game (2).

"Whizz" indeed.

Dreyer played a full season at St. Mirren. Alzate was a star for Swindon last season. Both had a full season of 'grown up' football, so not just little boys making the giant leap from U23s to first team then. Not likely to feature regularly for the first team yet, maybe, but probably a lot nearer than you think (as is something good happening at the Albion).

 

[AZ Gull]

Dreyer played a full season at St. Mirren. Alzate was a star for Swindon last season. Both had a full season of 'grown up' football, so not just little boys making the giant leap from U23s to first team then. Not likely to feature regularly for the first team yet, maybe, but probably a lot nearer than you think (as is something good happening at the Albion).

Actually, neither had a full season of "grown up" football. Dreyer only joined St. Mirren on January 26 and made 11 appearances (9 starts, 2 sub) as injury curtailed his campaign. Alzate got injured in December and his loan was cut short, having made 26 appearances (17 starts, 9 sub).

 

[GT49er]

Actually, neither had a full season of "grown up" football. Dreyer only joined St. Mirren on January 26 and made 11 appearances (9 starts, 2 sub) as injury curtailed his campaign. Alzate got injured in December and his loan was cut short, having made 26 appearances (17 starts, 9 sub).

Well as full as they could, barring injury. They've still had a good bit of experience of 'grown up' football, though I stand corrected by your stats.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Can't find a link, but here it is anyway.

Potter won't be afraid to unleash whizz-kids

The new Seagulls boss has a track record of encouraging young players to step up, writes Nick Szczepanik

Graham Potter built a reputation as one of the most promising coaches in the game by taking Ostersunds from Sweden’s fourth tier to the Europa League and then keeping Swansea City buoyant in last season’s Championship despite the departure of a squad’s worth of players. But he knows that will count for nothing when he takes charge of his first Premier League match as head coach when his new Brighton team visit Watford on August 10.

“Pressure, responsibility, excitement, challenge – all those words apply, of course,” he says. “It is Premier League football at a fantastic club with brilliant support. That’s the job and I’m looking forward to it. The application has been brilliant, the lads have been first-class in the way they have gone about their work every day, the way they approach training and their quality, which is what you would expect from them.”

Can the methods that served him in Sweden and South Wales can make an impression on a less forgiving league, in which Brighton finished 17th? Last season, Potter gave Swansea’s youth players opportunities and none grabbed them more firmly than Daniel James, who made his league debut in August and was sold to Manchester United for £15 million last month.

Tony Bloom, the Brighton owner, has invested heavily in the club’s academy, which gained category one status in July 2014. But since then none of its graduates have followed Lewis Dunk and Solly March into the first team on a regular basis. Ireland under-21 striker Aaron Connolly, 19, was voted Premier League 2 player of the season in 2018-19 but has managed only two substitute appearances in League Cup ties. The arrival of Dan Ashworth from the FA as Brighton’s technical director is likely to change that and Potter’s approach will chime with Ashworth’s ambitions.

“There were options for us [at Swansea] in terms of experienced players that we could have used but you try to be as meritocratic as possible,” he said. “If Dan James showed himself to be the best option then it was my job to give him that opportunity. I don’t think it’s necessarily about age, it’s about players and what they do on the pitch and then picking the best team. We have got a lot of options and it’s the job of the coach to make the right decisions and I’m looking forward to that.”

Taylor Richards, 18, an England under-17 midfield player, signed from Manchester City last week, struck a nerveless Panenka-style penalty to win last Friday’s friendly at Crawley Town on his debut, and is likely to be fast-tracked into Potter’s squad. “You can see his quality and you can also see the bits that he needs to do better as you would expect from a young player,” Potter said. “But he showed his confidence with the penalty. He is ambitious and he wants to have a taste of first team football. That is always the challenge with young players, to get that next step from youth football right. We want to find the right pathway for him to get first-team experience.”

Supporters will hope that, as well as getting younger, the team is less defensive as Potter attempts to improve on the Seagulls’ relegation near-miss under Chris Hughton last season. A safety-first playing style heavily reliant on centre backs Lewis Dunk and Shane Duffy was dismissed as ‘anti-football.’ Can Potter, a believer in tactical flexibility, make Brighton into an adventurous attacking side capable of switching formations several times in a match? “They are good players, high-level players, intelligent. I’m sure that none of them think they are the finished article and they would all like to get better and prolong their careers. That is our job.

“It’s hard for me to comment on what happened last season. The reality is that they stayed in the Premier League, which is a fantastic achievement. There is already a good foundation here and a lot of good work has been done. But every coach, no matter who they are and what their beliefs are, would want to improve on the previous year. That is what we have to do and will try to do. Now the task is to see if we can.”

https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/...e-albion-news-aaron-connolly-taylor-richards/

 

[TSB]

Bookmarked for cheeky bounce later in the season

You can't win anything with kids.

 

[Deano's Right Foot]

What do you reckon now [MENTION=267]TSB[/MENTION] ? Any whizz kids sniffing around the first team? Do you think they'll make any kind of impression?

 

[Weststander]

What do you reckon now [MENTION=267]TSB[/MENTION] ? Any whizz kids sniffing around the first team? Do you think they'll make any kind of impression?

[MENTION=267]TSB[/MENTION] was consistent this summer. Deeming the signings of the awful Maupay, Webster, Mooy and Trossard as sealing our May 2020 relegation.